D&D General How much of your annual gaming money does D&D get?

[Umbran]

This year, specifically, I don't think WotC got any money from me.

This year I spread my money around to lots of places smaller than WotC. I bought rules for non-wotC games. I bought dice, dice storage, and rolling trays that I might use for any game. I bought a new computer to hook up to my main TV to run videoconferencing, but gaming isn't the only time I use that.

 

[zarionofarabel]

Did you buy in Pathfinder or stayed with 3e?

Neither. Abandoned D&D completely not long after 3e came about. I think I ran two short lived campaigns with it, then that was it. I gave the books away in 2002, if I remember correctly. Since then all my gaming has been non-D&D related systems. I much prefer skill based classless systems without levels, so D&D derivatives aren't my thing. Mostly I used White Wolf games, and hacks to run RPGs until 2012 when I discovered Runequest 6. Since then I have used RQ6/Mythras for most things. I have also ran a few short campaigns of Mouse Guard and Burning Wheel. I've also ran a number of very short campaigns of numerous outliers such as Far Trek and Chronica Feudalis. Sometime this year I hope to run a OSR(BECMI) campaign for nostalgic reasons, but D&D(and derivatives) are a thing of the past for this DM.

 

[Shiroiken]

Before M:tG came about, I'd say 80% went to AD&D (including accessories) and 20% went to my Nintendo games. Once the card crack got its hooks in me, I'd say it was 90% M:tG and 10% D&D, with video games going the way of the dodo. Once cured of my cardboard addiction, I traded in my cards for boardgames, which was taking up far more of my gaming time. At this point my spending if pretty low, and thanks to the slow release (and lack of interest in the APs) I don't spend much on D&D. I'd say it's now about 25% of my gaming money, but thanks to COVID I haven't bought a boardgame in over 9 months.

 

[DammitVictor]

It depends on what you count as "D&D". I still buy a lot of OSR fantasy, and third-party 3.X and PF1, but I already own most of what I want from WotC and Paizo and they're not publishing anything else I'm interested in.

And I'm not buying much of anything else, either. I have all of Alternity I want, all of the Palladium I want. I'm trying to stay on top of everything BoL, and everything Cortex, but otherwise I just don't have a lot of gaming products to spend my gaming money on.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Overall, through my life, about 95%, considering B/X, BECMI, 1E, 2E, a bit of 3E, and some 5E.

Other games I've spent money on: Shadowrun 2E and some 3E; some VtM books.

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

I would say it's been 90% Dungeons and Dragons over the past 40 years. Of course that switched to 90% Pathfinder during the 4th Edition years, and 90% Battletech for a short couple of years in the late 80s. The other 10% goes to various other role playing games that will forever sit on my shelves as collector items.

 

[chuckdee]

WotC got a little money from me for Birthright, Dark Sun 4e, Eberron 4e, and a couple of other PDFs that they released on DTRPG. They also got a bit as my daughter's BF got her into D&D after me failing for a while, and I couldn't have my daughter without the PHB and got her essentials.

In general, the only thing I buy are supplements for Eberron, but this past year, it was mostly DMGuild releases, and a couple of Patreon creators that I support.

Those made up maybe 10% being generous?

 

[Stormonu]

Back in the 80's, I didn't have a job, so my acquisitions were from parent's money. However, I'd say 90% or more went to D&D, with the other money divided between Car Wars, Battletech and 40K.

Through the 90's that dropped as the years passed (I started getting into the likes of World of Darkness, Deadlands and WEG Star Wars) down to around 30% or so in the year or two before 3E came out. During these years, I did buy as much D&D material as I could, hoping to collect everything for 2E that came out (something I seriously regret). I had no kids and a well-paying job, so my hobby budget was enormous.

During the 3E/3.5 era my gaming was about 75% D&D, split between 3rd party and WotC material. I bought anything and everything that came out for D&D, even if I didn't end up using it (again, something I severely regret).

Less than 10% during the 4E era (still buying a few minis, and I bought the "core" books) - the rest was going to other RPG game systems or wargames like 40K.

It's about 30% these days, split between physical (Core books, minis and select adventure modules) and digital products. The rest has been recently going to miniature wargames, like Team Yankee, Flames of War, Bolt Action, et al.

 

[ART!]

I am 100% moocher!

Historically, that's been true: I've just tended to use other people's books, or ask for stuff for my birthday or Christmas.

Come to think of it, my first D&D boxed set (ye olde blue box!) was a Christmas present. I think I had bought whatever the basic game book was before that, though.

In the '80s, I bought most of the hardcover AD&D books, but also a fair amount of GURPS, Champions, and Rolemaster.

In the '90s? Not much. I didn't buy a single D&D book or product in the '90s. Some of my Rolemaster and MERPS purchases might have been in the early '90s, and I probably picked up on or more Champions editions in that decade. I'm sure there was some other odds and ends, like Tri-Stat and Adventure.

The late '90s and 2000s saw a lot of rpg books arriving in the mail from a friend who wound up with more store credit at a comic book and gaming store than he knew what to do with, but there was so much of it and so little of it saw any real use, that I couldn't possibly list it. MnM stands out - I actually ran and played that. Godlike and Smallville, too. I bought a lot of dice and minis in the 2000s, too. A lot of homebrew gaming happened in the 2000s for my group, and we played a lot fo one-shots and very short runs of new games. I played D&D 3E and 4E, but never bought books - just more dice and minis!

In the 2010s my gaming book intake cratered. There wasn't much gaming going on in my circles.

It's been pretty much all D&D 5E purchases in the past 4 years, since that's what my gang is playing and enjoying.

 

[Musing Mage]

Probably a tad too much goes to D&D stuff... I peruse eBay and Kijiji for stuff from time to time... which has lead me to having multiple copies of older (collectible) books that I don't need more than one of and don't want to overuse lest they degrade.

These days, though, I do find myself checking out 3rd party indie modules, and I'm happy to spend more than a few bucks on stuff like that. I have bought a few dozen during the pandemic and have yet to be able to try them!